Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few.

Philosophers
Pythagoras
Ancient Greek thinker from Samos (c. 570 BC) who led a religious community in Croton. He linked string ratios to harmony, taught transmigration of souls, and planted the conviction that nature's truths are mathematical.
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